Known For
Visual Effects
Known Credits
6
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 23, 1955 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Hoyt Yeatman (born January 23, 1955 in San Francisco, California, USA) is a visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of films, including Armageddon, Con Air, and The Rock. He made his directorial debut with the film G-Force.
Yeatman is an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
In 1979 Yeatman, Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister co-founded Dream Quest Images, a groundbreaking visual effects house, winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1989 for the motion control and underwater effects in The Abyss. In 1996 Dream Quest was purchased by The Walt Disney Company, which became Disney's "The Secret Lab" in 1999. The Secret Lab closed its doors in 2003.
| 2021 | Schmigadoon!...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2007 | Underdog...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1998 | Armageddon...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1996 | The Rock...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1989 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...Visual Effects | |
| 1989 | The Abyss...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1988 | The Blob...Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1986 | The Fly...Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | G-Force...Director | |
| 1977 | Canned Performance...Director |
| 2009 | G-Force...Original Story |
| 1982 | One from the Heart...Additional Photography |
| 2017 | It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"as Self | |
| 2006 | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'as Self | |
| 2005 | Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Flyas Self | |
| 2005 | Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collectionas Self | |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Crimson Tide'as Self | |
| 1994 | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effectsas Self |